A 500-room five-star hotel will be opened near the Grand Mosque in Makkah before Ramadan as part of Jabal Omar housing project, said Abdul Rahman Faqeeh, chairman of … More »Makkah’s new 5-star hotel to open before Ramadan
A Tunisian court on Tuesday ordered blogger and anti-Islamist activist Sofiane Chourabi to pay a 104 dinar (52 euro/$67) fine for drunkenness and indecency during Ramadan, … More »Tunisian anti-Islamist blogger fined for 'indecency'
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's imports fell 5.9 percentfrom a year ago in August, the second monthly decline in a row,while non-oil exports plunged 22.7 percent, official … More »TABLE-Saudi Aug imports down 5.9 pct y/y, non-oil exports -22.7 pct
Oman Air recorded a huge surge in traffic between Muscat and Salalah during August and September this year, resulting from increasing demand at the end of Ramadan, the … More »Big demand for Muscat-Salalah trips
Ahmed Al-Awadi is a Saudi businessman who started a campaign to promote healthy living by spreading awareness about everyday sports. The campaign started in April 2010, … More »YouTube campaign urges Jeddawis to wake up with a jog
RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Southern Province CementCompany said on Sunday its third-quarter net profitrose by 11.7 percent over last year's figure due to higher … More »Saudi's Southern Province Cement Co Q3 profit up 11.7 pct
DUBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Passenger traffic at DubaiInternational Airport jumped 20 percent from a year earlier inAugust, while the volume of cargo freight rose 4.4 … More »Dubai airport August passenger traffic jumps 20 pct
Moscow, Sep 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least four militants have been killed in a special police operation in Russia's troubled southwestern Chechnya region, Chechen leader … More »Four militants killed in Chechnya operation
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechen republic, has denied having prepared "hit lists" of his critics. More »Chechen leader denies having hit-list
High liquidity in the Saudi Arabian stock market over the summer and Ramadan months signal investor interest in the market which could lead prices higher in coming weeks, … More »Tadawul summer turnover up 83% on high investor optimism